Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-04-14
Rainy Tuesday.
Two law suits Monday.
Chattel Loans at Weld Bros.

/ Chattel Loans at Weld Bros
Rain for four days and no let up.
Prairie fires numerous east of Colby.
The rain reached all over the county.
Rubber coats are in great demand now.
Three inches of rain fell Sunday night
Carp Lake overlooked its banks Tues
day.
5000 to loan on chattels at Weld
Bros
The rain easter reached all over the
county.
The rain by measurement wet down
two feet.
Ed. Hovey was up from Russell Springs
this week.
Go to Weld Bros. if you want to make
a chattel loan.
Look up. wake up and buy Colby lots
and get rich.
1t rained all day Tuesday and Tuesday
night steady.
Tom Sutton's brother, from Illinois, is
visiting here.
Colby was unusually lively Monday.
Much trading.
Mary T. O'Hurry comes again this week
with a budget.
Cheyenne Wells is the new town in
eastern Colorado.
Enquire of Frank Pingree if you want
money on chattels.
County Commissioners were in session
Monday and Tuesday,
NOrcatur, Kan, was almost totally de-
strOyed by fire last week.
Phil Troutfetter goes to Oberlin Fri
day, April 18th, on tear.
To have lived and not have seen Colby
would be living in vain.
&. C. Siggins worked on the CAT this
week. He set up Mary OHurry.
Max Giese went to Bird City last Sun
day to see about his timber claim.
The great divorce case has been settled
and all parties indicated as we are told
Judge Budlong surveys the Larson g.
Gilmore addition to Colby on the west
Mr.. Vancleave, the old locator of
Thomas county, was in Colby Thursday.
There never was a rain in Thomas
county so long and one that wet down SO
far.
H. D. Bean and wife went to Seward,
Neb.. this week to visit their two daugh-
te rs living there.
District court sits the 4th week in May
in Thomas county and the Sd week in
Sherman county.
The little boys of Colby were sailing
RATS in the big ponds of water Monday
and Tuesday.
Judge Budlong says his rain guage in
Dictated inches of rain fall Tuesday,
day and night.
A. B. Jardire returned from Lowell
Tuesday, and reports it as booming, and
many settling there.
r. NJ McGonigal's residence was total
ly surrounded by water Tuesday. 1t re-
minds us of Ohio floods.
The Palace drug store has planted four
beautiful trees in front of the drug store.
The rest should follow suit.
Mitchell. Osborne and Rocks counties
have all carried the Santa Fe bonds and
that road is aimed toward Colby.
E. p. Worcester went to Kansas City
Monday to buy his outfit for the Lowell
Democrat. His wife accompanied him.
Bert Applegate is with us again. He
owns q farm near Colby and lots in the
city. He has invested in Lowell, Colo.
Frank Pingree will put 100 acres of old
ground into corn this year, and l 80 acres
in all into crop. This is farmin g in ear
nest.
Clint Siggins and Frank Marble
brought US in several carp and suckers
which the caught in Carp lake as they
said.
Hurlburt s. Bancroft, of Fairbury
nursery, delivered their stock of trees
Monday and there was q stampede on
them.
The five days rain did not run of but
soaked into the ground and did more
good than any rain for the past three
years.
Frank Ladd, Henry Morris and Jas.
GOrden were in from Quickville Monday
and report much rain in their part of the
county.
W. H. Archer and J. H. Fort, of Otter
bourne, were in Monday. The former
bought large bill of trees from Hurl
burt s. Bancroft
James Hines and Frank Davis came in
this week from FairmOnt, Neb., where
they are ut work on the railroad. They
will go back in few days.
McGonigal & Sons real estate Office is
fitted up in excellent shape and is doing
rushing business. They have the ex-
elusive sale of railroad lands